Stargazing journal September 2025

01-09-2025: Captured NGC7380 – Wizard Nebula and M45 – Pleiades. 93% stacking rate on NGC7380 and 80% on M45.

02-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

03-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

04-09-2025: Captured LDN1235 – Dark Shark Nebula

05-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

06-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

07-09-2025: Captured the Blood Moon – Lunar Eclipse 7th of September 2025. Challenging condition as the already totally eclipsed Moon only cleared the horizon at 20.12 Local time (UTC+2)… behind the clouds.

08-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

09-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

10-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

11-09-2025: Captured M101 – ‘Pinwheel’ Galaxy. Short session in between rain showers and cloud patches. 30 minutes of clear sky, of which 28 minutes integration time. 60 seconds, Gain 60, Astro filter. 100% stacking rate on those 28 minutes before clouds rolled in.

12-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

13-09-2025: Captured M101 again to add additional integration time. Session of 92 minutes bringing the total to 2 hours. 89% stacking success rate on today’s session. 2 subs discarded in the beginning due to satellite, and the rest at the end due to some light clouds. Got NGC5474 as bonus!

14-09-2025 – 18-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

19-09-2025: First attempt at using Mosaic mode – Captured full Veil Nebula C33/C34

20-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

21-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

22-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

23-09-2025: Captured C4 (NGC7023) Iris Nebula and Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon, also gathered some additional light from M45 – Pleiades to add to my previous session (will Megastack that later).

24-09-2025 – 28-09-2025: No attempt – Cloudy

29-09-2025: Captured the sunspots of the day, IC1396 ‘Elephant’s trunk’ nebula

30-09-2025: Captured IC5070 – Pelican Nebula